Romsey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins and Etymology of Romsey

The surname Romsey was first found in Hampshire at Romsey, a small market town and parish that dates back to Saxon times when it was first listed as Rummaesig c. 970. 1

"This place, which derives its name from the Saxon, was selected as the site of an abbey for nuns of the Benedictine order by Edward the Elder, whose daughter Elfleda was the first abbess. The foundation was augmented in 967, by Edgar, whose son Edmund was interred in the abbey church; all the early abbesses were of royal birth, and eminent for their sanctity. " 2

By the time of the Domesday Book, 3 the town was known as Romesy 1 and was known as the lannds of Romsey, held by Hundger, a Norman noble who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. 3

Early History of the Romsey family

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Romsey Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Romsey, Rumsey, Romsie, Rumsie, Roomsy, Roumsey and others.

Early Notables of the Romsey family

Walter Rumsey (1584-1660) was a Welsh judge and politician born in Llanover, Monmouthshire who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. "He secured a large practice, and was popularly styled the 'Picklock of the Law.' He was chosen one of the knights of the shire for Monmouth in the Short parliament of 1640. On the outbreak of the civil war in 1642, Rumsey was...
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Romsey migration to the United States +

Romsey Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mary Romsey, aged 33, who landed in New York in 1862 4

Romsey migration to Australia +

Romsey Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. John Romsey, (b. 1819), aged 18, British plasterer who was convicted in Middlesex, England for 7 years for stealing, transported aboard the "Frances Charlotte" on 7th December 1836, arriving in Van Diemen's Land, Tasmania 5

Sources +

Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 24th October 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au